Developing CORBA-Based Distributed Scientific Applications From Legacy Fortran Programs

Abstract

An efficient methodology is presented for integrating legacy applications written in Fortran into a distributed object framework. Issues and strategies regarding the conversion and decomposition of Fortran codes into Common Object Request Broker Architecture (COBRA) objects are discussed. Fortran codes are modified as little as possible as theyare decomposed into modules and wrapped as objects. A new conversion tool takes the Fortran application as input and generates the C/C++ header file and Interface Definition Language (IDL) file. In addition, the performance of the client server computing is evaluated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2000
Accession Number
AD1043153

Entities

People

  • Chan Kim
  • Isaac Lopez
  • Janche Sang

Organizations

  • Cleveland State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Conversion
  • Databases
  • Decomposition
  • Differential Equations
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Language
  • Local Area Networks
  • Operating Systems
  • Space Sciences
  • Standards
  • User Interface

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

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  • Database Systems and Applications